World Odyssey ... or Deutschland?
So ... what's going on here? Well ... this ship has 2 names, so let's start at the beginning, shall we? The ship was built in 1998 for...
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jochengielen
Sep 4, 20232 min read
The SS Rotterdam viewed by JGADV
The SS Rotterdam V of the Holland Amerika Lijn, this ship has been photographed and written about in so many words, articles, books that...
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jochengielen
Aug 21, 20232 min read
Marina & Riviera in Antwerp
Antwerp has recently replaced the cruise terminal with a new terminal inside the added section to the old castle called "Het Steen", they...
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jochengielen
Aug 19, 20237 min read
My stay in Emden (Germany)
In May 2023 I got an assignment that brought me to Emden for 3 days. Emden is located in the German East Frisia region on the river Ems....
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jochengielen
Jul 18, 20231 min read
Saga cruises - The current ships
2023 had started and my head was full with my housing project, so not much room for big trips this year. However ... small trips are fine...
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jochengielen
Jun 22, 20236 min read
Visiting the Renaissance in Brest
CFC - Compagnie Française de Croisières Onnozone Damen Shipyard Brest Article that used 2 of my photos about CFC With Vadym Markelov,...
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jochengielen
May 3, 20231 min read
Short: Fire in Portugal
When I was in Lisbon (Portugal) in summer 2022, I had to drive about an hour north for a small assignment. I knew the area was suffering...
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jochengielen
May 3, 20231 min read
Short: Brussels Airlines Rackham!
Brussels Airlines has a few iconic airplanes in its fleet, one of them is Rackham, painted in the Tintin theme. Registration OO-SNB. I...
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jochengielen
Nov 27, 20227 min read
The Device Forts - part 3
Number 4: Sandown Castle (Kent) Another one of the Castles of the Downs, Sandown was built between 1539 and 1540. It was very similar to...
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jochengielen
Oct 18, 20224 min read
The lighthouse of Zeebrugge
Our story begins in Bruges (Brugge in Flemish). There was Roman activity in the area in the Second century and the name "Brugge" would...
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jochengielen
Oct 14, 20225 min read
The Device Forts - part 2
Number 2: Deal Castle Deal is located between Dover and Ramsgate, it is the middle castle of 3 very similar castles built at equal...
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jochengielen
Oct 11, 20221 min read
Amadea
In 1990 in Nagasaki (Japan) the construction of a cruise ship started at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, she was to be named "Asuka". At 192...
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jochengielen
Oct 8, 202211 min read
The cruise that became a road trip! – take 2 - England & France
What? ... Again? ... Another cruise booked this year and … another cancellation … bugger! (The world as we know it is coming to an end,...
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jochengielen
Oct 1, 20225 min read
The Device Forts - part 1
General explanation: History is full of interesting things, much of it can still be seen today and for this story we go back to the year...
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jochengielen
Oct 1, 20225 min read
The lighthouse of Oostende
Oostende (Ostend in English) is possibly the best-known coastal city of Belgium, it certainly is the largest city of the Belgian coast...
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jochengielen
Sep 25, 20223 min read
Prins Filip ... Isle of Innisfree
The story starts in 1990 … well in 1846 actually when the first ship, the “Chemin de fer” (renamed “Diamant” in 1855) started a regular...
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jochengielen
Sep 11, 20221 min read
Visiting Belgium
One of the projects I have been working on is the creation of walking videos, some of them were made in my own country ... Belgium. They...
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jochengielen
Aug 21, 20227 min read
The cruise that became a road trip! – take 1 - England
So here we are again! ... When my friends and I heard about the new cruise company called Ambassador Cruise Line, we booked the maiden...
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jochengielen
Jul 25, 20222 min read
HMS Vindictive ... in Ostend
At the new Eastern breakwater protecting the entrance of the Belgian Port of Ostend (Oostende in Flemish) is a part of the bow of a ship...
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jochengielen
Jul 20, 20223 min read
HAL duo to Fred Olsen
Holland America Line ... it's impossible to write a short article about this company and its history, so let's pick up in 1997 when the...
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